Issues, Etc. An Ethics Journal Advocated Forced Abortions for Minors – Glenn Stanton, 4/15/26 (1051)
Apr 15, 2026
Glenn Stanton, director of family formation studies at Focus on the Family, reacts to a controversial ethics article. He highlights alarming proposals to force abortions on minors and critiques the language of 'choice' used by proponents. He also explores proposed coercive methods and inconsistencies in how minors’ autonomy is treated.
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Ethics Journal Advocates Forced Abortions For Minors
- Two University of Chicago philosophers openly argue that all underage pregnancies should be terminated, even by coercion if necessary.
- They frame abortion as medical care, label pregnancy a malady for minors, and say physicians would fail children by withholding abortion.
Article Suggests Drugging Or Restraining Minors
- The article explicitly contemplates chemically or physically subduing minors to ensure the abortion is carried out.
- The authors state restraint or drugging of the minor is ethically permissible if necessary to perform the abortion.
Irony Between Trans Autonomy And Forced Abortion
- The authors' stance starkly contradicts progressive positions that prioritize believing minors' autonomy on gender issues.
- Stanton highlights the irony that trans policy 'believe the child' but this article denies minors' choice to keep a baby.